Tigers can’t slow Redwings

Posted: November 10, 2008

It took just 40 minutes for Lisle Benet Academy to dispatch the Edwardsville Tigers from the Class 4A Normal Community West Super Sectional on Saturday, 25-20 and 25-15. EHS didn’t have an off game. They didn’t make an insurmountable amount of mistakes. They just ran into a road block in the Redwings, a road block that will most likely capture a Class 4A state volleyball title this weekend.  [more...]

Tiger boys take seventh at state

Posted: November 10, 2008

The Edwardsville Tiger boys’ cross country team ran not only with their legs, but with their heart on Saturday afternoon at Detweiller Park in Peoria in the Class 3A state meet. On a day when thousands of eyes from the Illinois cross country world were watching the Tigers run in the sleet and snow and physically demanding conditions, they were able to nab an impressive seventh-place finish with 308 points.  [more...]

Edwardsville takes second at state

Posted: November 10, 2008

The Edwardsville Tiger soccer team had a chance — and that’s all it ever wanted. The New Trier Trevians staved off a frantic late charge by the Tigers in the final three minutes of the Class 3A state championship game at North Central College in Naperville on Saturday, holding on for a 2-1 victory to hand Edwardsville its third second-place state finish in the past 11 years. [more...]

EHS booters state tourney bound

Posted: November 6, 2008

Cameron Lauchner wasn’t quite old enough to cast a ballot on election day. But the Edwardsville High junior punched a ticket all the same — the Tiger soccer team’s ticket to the state tournament. Lauchner scored the golden goal for Edwardsville late Tuesday night at 2:41 of the second overtime of the Class 3A Normal Super-Sectional, lifting the Tigers past Tinley Park-Andrew 2-1 and into the state Final Four in Naperville this weekend.  [more...]

Tigers reach sectional finals

Posted: November 6, 2008

There was no lack of excitement and intensity on the floor between Moline and Edwardsville Tuesday night in Quincy. It took the Tigers three momentum-changing games to dismiss the talented Maroons 2-1 in the semifinals of the Class 4A Quincy Sectional. EHS (31-7) took the first set 25-21 before dropping the second game 19-25 and nabbing a win in game three, 25-16.  [more...]

Edwardsville advances on Lauchner's goal in 2nd OT

Posted: November 3, 2008

For Edwardsville junior Cameron Lauchner, the set-up could not have been any better. "With a pass like that, I owed to my team to put it away,'' Lauchner said after scoring 2 minutes, 41 seconds into the second overtime period and lifting the Tigers to a 2-1 victory over Andrew of Tinley Park in Class 3A supersectional soccer action Tuesday in Normal, Ill.  [more...]

Students rally around election

Posted: November 3, 2008

Although most of us are tired of the election process and ready to vote, we can’t discount the importance of the elections and what a perfect opportunity it is to teach children about the election process. Woodland Elementary students certainly capitalized on that opportunity and have caught “election fever.  [more...]

Tigers defeat Kahoks, advance

Posted: November 3, 2008

COLLINSVILLE - Edwardsville's Tigers got what they wanted - and expected - here Saturday in the championship match of the Collinsville Class 4A Volleyball Regional. The Tigers figured they'd have to extend themselves to defeat the host at Fletcher Gym. And that's what happened. It didn't come easy. [more...]

Hankins leads Edwardsville with 2 goals

Posted: November 3, 2008

Senior Tim Hankins scored twice in the final 12 minutes of Saturday's Class 3A sectional championship match, helping the Edwardsville soccer team knock off host Normal Community 2-0. [more...]

EHS hockey moving on

Posted: November 3, 2008

LADUE, Mo. — An offensive influx during the second half paced the Edwardsville Tigers field hockey squad in Thursday’s first round action in the Midwest Women’s Athletic Association playoffs at Horton Watkins High School in Ladue. EHS, 10-9, tallied one score in the first half and three more in the second to blast past the Oakville Tigers 4-1. The win sets up a rematch with the MICDS Rams at 4 p.m. Saturday at Lafayette High School. The Rams defeated Edwardsville 3-0 last Thursday at the Winston Brown Track and Field Complex.  [more...]

EHS spikers win regional

Posted: November 3, 2008

COLLINSVILLE — The Edwardsville Tiger volleyball team didn’t have as easy of a time with the Collinsville Kahoks on Saturday night at Vergil Fletcher Gym in Collinsville as they did the first time they played them. But the good news for the Tigers is they were able to get past the hard-charging Kahoks, 2-0, to advance to the Class 4A Quincy Sectional on Tuesday. EHS (30-7) beat Collinsville (11-23) 25-22 and 25-22 to move on.  [more...]

Edwardsville boys run to sectional title

Posted: November 3, 2008

NORMAL — Sometimes the favorite tag can be a heavy burden to carry. Not so for the Edwardsville Tiger boys’ cross country team. Edwardsville was the favorite heading into Saturday’s Class 3A Normal Community West Sectional race and it didn’t disappoint, winning the team title with 62 points, well ahead of second-place Lincoln-Way Central’s 93.  [more...]

One step from state

Posted: November 3, 2008

NORMAL — When Edwardsville senior Tim Hankins finally broke a scoreless tie with less than five minutes to go at Saturday’s Class 3A Normal Sectional title game, he only had one thing on his mind. “I just thought about running back to our bench as fast as I could,” said Hankins, who had plenty of reason to celebrate as he scored twice in the final five minutes to hand the Tigers a 2-0 victory over Normal Community and send them to the Normal Super-Sectional on Tuesday.  [more...]

Relentless Edwardsville zooms past East Moline in soccer semifinal

Posted: October 29, 2008

The offensive pressure was constant and ferocious, allowing the Edwardsville High School soccer team to put itself in a position to dictate the pace of the game Tuesday night. East Moline couldn't match it.  [more...]

E’ville football finishes

Posted: October 28, 2008

GRANITE CITY — If there was ever a time the Edwardsville Tigers needed a big fourth quarter, it was Friday night in Granite City. Tied 14-14 with 10:26 remaining against the Warriors, Edwardsville reeled off four straight touchdowns, running away with a 41-14 victory to keep their playoff hopes alive heading into the final week of the regular season. [more...]

MICDS blanks hockey Tigers

Posted: October 20, 2008

The Edwardsville Tiger field hockey squad hosted Midwest Women’s Athletic Association rival MICDS Thursday at the Winston Brown Track and Field Complex and had their hands full. The Rams (16-4, 7-3) outshot the Tigers (8-9, 3-8) 15-4 and earned 18 corners to Edwardsville’s three on their way to a 3-0 shutout win. [more...]

EHS stumbles in home finale

Posted: October 20, 2008

Monday night was Senior Night for the talented Edwardsville Tiger volleyball squad, but the results weren’t quite what they had hoped for. The Class 4A Tigers (22-7) welcomed Class 3A powerhouse Breese Mater Dei (26-4) to Lucco-Jackson Gymnasium and the two teams put on an entertaining display of volleyball with the Knights eventually beating Edwardsville 2-1. [more...]

Tennis Tigers set for state run

Posted: October 20, 2008

With a young and relatively inexperienced team this season, Edwardsville Tiger girls’ tennis coach David Lipe wasn’t sure what to expect. What he got was more of the same — a 12th straight sectional title and all four entries advancing to the state tournament, which begins today in suburban Chicago. “I’ve never been more proud of a team,” said Lipe. “These six girls are the story. They showed just how great they are.” [more...]